Approach to Toxicology
Activity
Large Group Session
Large Group Session
Define basic concepts of toxicology. Review relevant pathophysiology. Develop a clinical approach to the poisoned patient. Discuss illustrative cases of typical scenarios.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Poisoning
- Demonstrate the ability to rapidly recognize and initiate basic management of acute life- or limb-threatening illness or injury
- Describe a basic differential diagnosis including the significant worst-case diagnosis for every patient assessed.
- Demonstrate a basic systematic, prioritized approach to resuscitation and stabilization of emergencies.
Tags
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Emergency Medicine Rotation
Discipline
Emergency Medicine
Toxicology
MCC Presentations
Poisoning
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
MeSH
Drug Overdose [C25.775.383]
Poisoning [C25.723]
Poisons [D27.720.777]
Toxicology [H01.158.703.795]
